Founder of the Lviv School of Statistical Physics and  Builder of Ukrainian Statehood. To the Centenary of  Ihor Yukhnovskii’ Birth (01.09.1925-26.03.2024)

W. Ebeling; Yurij Holovatch; Myroslav Holovko; I. Mryglod; O. Patsahan

doi:10.5488/cmp.28.20101

Authors

W. Ebeling Institute of Physics, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0740-3016
Yu. Holovatch Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, 79011, Ukraine; L4 Collaboration and Doctoral College for the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Lviv-Leipzig-Lorraine-Coventry, Europe; Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK; Complexity Science Hub Vienna, 1080 Vienna, Austria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1125-2532
M. Holovko Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii St., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8114-5356
I. Mryglod Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii St., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-9076
O. Patsahan Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii Str., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-3893

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5488/cmp.28.20101

Abstract

September 1, 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the Founding Fathers of the renewed Ukrainian state, a prominent Ukrainian scientist, theoretical physicist, founder of the modern Lviv school of statistical physics, Professor, full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, full and honorary member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Hero of Ukraine, Ihor Yukhnovskii. He completed his earthly journey on March 26, 2024, in his 99th year of life. At the end of his eventful life, he pondered: “And now I no longer know what was most important to me in life — physics or politics?” Let us reflect on this issue as well.